All blogs have their fair share of rants, and its only normal that a rant is procured within these hallowed grounds that is Paradise Not Found. Sure we’ve complained on everything from the utter madness of losing the IRB Sevens World Series to the relative ease at which you can obtain all ‘naturel‘ viagra. But today, I feel like taking out my frustration on two tv ads that have been airing on the local television channel.
First off, the Fiji Council’s annual FAME Awards. The awards are all about media excellence, with recognition in all fields of media. However, their tagline for the advert really irks me to no end.
After explaining what the Awards is all about, the tagline pops up:
“Can You Feel It?”
“Can You Taste It?”
I mean, seriously. Whats up with the whole ‘taste and feel’ perspective? Sure the advert is all about the Awards, and perhaps they’re trying to come from the victory point of view, but somehow, it doesn’t quite translate well after the Voice Over goes over the details of the competition only to end with the “taste and feel” tagline.
The whole ad comes across as seriously tacky. Whoever came up with that tagline ought to be shot. Twice.
The second tv ad thats successfully made my eyes twitch is an ad for a clothes washing detergent as well as an advocate for strippers everywhere. Ok I bluff on the last bit.
In this ad, people are taking off their tops (:O) but stop when the shirt reaches their face. Something to do with how fresh their clothes smell after using the washing detergent. Honestly, I would have preferred a chick doing a rock concert ‘bare all’, since that would have most definitely sold the product (but garnered protest marches from the methodist) and get everyone’s attention. Instead, we’re greeted with a close up shot of a guy’s fat stomach.
Similar to the picture above, minus the lovely tattoo, the shot had some guy’s stomach wiggling infront of the camera, and boy was that gut a sight for sore eyes. I’m guessing that guy is a grog champ. Only a stomach of that magnitude could live on with the help of kava, and lord knows how many sessions its been through.
So you can imagine. Every night, when I plump myself infront of the television, expecting to relax after a long tiring day at work, only to be greeted by the above image. Every single time that ad comes on I resist the urge to stick a buffy stake through my eyes. And then the FAME awards ad plays, and instead of my eyes, I attempt to shove the stake through my ears.
Fun times with the local tv station.
Here’s hoping that the introduction of more tv channels will at least broaden our choices of what poison we choose to behold.
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